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A recent rumor suggested that Xiaomi could unveil the 17 Ultra in China on December 26. Now, a new report claims the company has already begun accepting blind pre-orders for the device.
The report notes that the Xiaomi Home retail staff have started to send invites to Mi Fans to join a blind pre-order program for an upcoming phone, which is expected to be the Xiaomi 17 Ultra.
According to the report, interested customers can place a blind pre-order by paying a CNY 100 fee, which also grants them a
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Original KOTOR director Casey Hudson returns to Star Wars with new studio Arcanaut. Read more âș
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Win for Silicon Valley lobbyists comes over opposition from some of the presidentâs Maga allies Read more âș
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Finding an affordable and reliable NBN service is one thing, but can you be sure you'll get satisfactory support further down the line? This Aussie-owned telco stakes its reputation on it. Read more âș
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The order creates an Justice Department task force to challenge state AI laws, and directs the Commerce Department to pull future broadband funding from states that pass âonerousâ legislation. Read more âș
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On Thursday evening, with White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks looking over his shoulder, Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to grab unilateral power over regulating artificial intelligence for the federal government. The order can't by itself unilaterally override state AI laws, but it directs federal agencies to take steps to reduce [âŠ] Read more âș
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Despite not being officially announced, the Honor X8d is now listed in Kyrgyzstan. It currently shows as out of stock, but that will undoubtedly change soon. Unfortunately this means we can't tell you the price, but we do have the specs along with the official images you can see below. So, the Honor X8d comes in blue, grey, and black with a 6.77-inch 1080x2392 AMOLED touchscreen, the Snapdragon 6s 4G... Read more âș
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Coven of the Chicken Foot has a lot of things going for it already, in my book. It stars a hero rarely seen in video games, an elderly woman, and it has gorgeous storybook-style art in a lush fantasy setting. Itâs a single-player puzzle platformer, it relies on wordless storytelling and the woman, a witch named Gertie, travels with a creepy-cute companion. Plus, Gertie has chicken feet. I love her... Read more âș
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Record hack of SoftBank-backed online retailer Coupang prompts calls for more investment in cyber security Read more âș
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Director Kitao Sakurai's 'Street Fighter' movie kicks its way into theaters in 2026. Read more âș
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Health insurance premiums on the Affordable Care Actâs marketplaces are set to soar after Congress failed Thursday to pass a last-minute plan to avert the rate hikes. As many as four million people could be forced to go uninsured, because they can no longer afford their health plan. I spoke with some of them earlier [âŠ] Read more âș
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At an FDA discussion of testosterone replacement therapy, a top official called for special health centers to address a âmenâs health crisis.â Others called to ease men's access to hormones. Read more âș
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The executive order establishes a federal task force charged with the job of going after state AI laws. Read more âș
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Remedy Entertainment is finally showing off the much-anticipated sequel to Control. The new game, dubbed Control Resonant, expands on the original with a new action-RPG framework. It takes place seven years later and shifts the setting from the unsettling Oldest House of the original to a more open Manhattan, while putting players in the role [âŠ] Read more âș
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The founder of Terraform Labs was sentenced today for lying about âexperimentalâ coins that blew a $40 billion hole in the crypto economy. Read more âș
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The last mainline Tomb Raider game was 2018âs Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and after spending a few years in video game purgatory, Lara Croft is coming back in two new games. At The Game Awards 2025, Amazon Game Studios announced that Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis will reimagine of one of the heroâs early adventures in 2026, and Tomb Raider: Catalyst will continue the series in 2027.Catalyst is developed... Read more âș
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trumpâs Indiana redistricting campaign has failed â again. What happened? On Thursday, the Indiana state Senate voted down a Trump-backed bill to redraw [âŠ] Read more âș
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We've been waiting to find out what the new, internally made Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game will be, and now we know: it's a third-person action adventure game called Warlock which is pulling on open-world and immersive sim ideas - and stars Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer. Perhaps more to the point: it's not Baldur's Gate 4, or a follow-up in any way to Baldur's Gate 3,... Read more âș
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Remedy Entertainment's Control is a bizarre yet totally captivating action game that feels like Die Hard by way of David Lynch. InControl: Resonant, players step into the role of the original game's most enigmatic and unsettling characters for their own jaunt through a 'new-weird' world outside The Oldest House.Just ahead of the reveal at The Game Awards, we got an early look at Control: Resonant, the next game in the... Read more âș
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The studio has announced a landmark deal and $1 billion investment with OpenAI to bring hundreds of Disney characters to its generative AI platforms. Read more âș
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Today Netflix has announced that it's buying Warner Bros. (WB) for $72 billion. This includes HBO and HBO Max, but it will take a rather long time because WB's parent company Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) first has to separate its Global Networks division into a new publicly-traded company called Discovery Global. This is now expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2026, after which Netflix will acquire what's... Read more âș
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us, but they were only the start of holiday shopping. The OnePlus 15 is now up for pre-order in the US and units will ship out by the end of the year â even though regulatory hurdles were cleared, it seems that the company will need some time to spin up its sales machine. Amazon US will also be selling the new flagship.... Read more âș
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The Xiaomi 17, which was unveiled in China in September, is still awaiting its global debut. Although Xiaomi hasnât shared any details about an international release, a tipster has now hinted at its expected launch timeline. According to the tipster, the Xiaomi 17 may see a global debut in January 2026. The phone is also said to arrive in India around the same time. Meanwhile, a Xiaomi phone with the... Read more âș
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Samsung unveiled its Galaxy Z TriFold this week. Unlike the Huawei Mate XT, which folds outward, the Galaxy Z TriFold keeps its vulnerable folding display on the inside and has an independent cover screen. However, that means you only get to pick between that and the fully unfolded screen, no middle ground. The diagonals are 6.5" and 10", although the surface area difference is larger than those numbers suggest due... Read more âș
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OnePlus has revealed more specs of its upcoming Pad Go 2 tablet, which will be unveiled alongside the OnePlus 15R and the Watch Lite on December 17. The OnePlus Pad Go 2 will offer a 12.1-inch display with up to 900 nits in high-brightness mode, 7:5 aspect ratio, 88.5% screen-to-body ratio, and a resolution of 2800 x 1980 pixels. The screen will also support Dolby Vision. It will pack a... Read more âș
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Over two years since launching its first over-ear headphones, Fairphone has a new version of its Fairbuds XL. The second-generation Fairbuds XL bring an updated design and new drivers, though the modular aspect remains. Fairbuds XL Gen 2 The new 40mm dynamic drivers are backwards compatible with the original Fairbuds XL, meaning users with the older model can also enjoy the updated drivers and sound tuning. Fairphone will sell the... Read more âș
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Apple dominated the global best-selling smartphone list during Q3, but it wasnât the shiny new iPhone 17 models that held the lead for Cupertino. According to Counterpoint Research, the iPhone 16 was the worldâs best-selling phone during the July-September months, commanding a 4% share of all shipments for the period. [#InlinePriceWidget,13317,1#] The iPhone 16 sold particularly well in India during the festive promotions and also showed some recovery in Japan.... Read more âș
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When vivo and iQOO announced that OriginOS 6 based on Android 16 will be launched globally, ending the OriginOS / FuntouchOS divide, the brands also revealed a rollout timeline for existing devices. That, however, was misleading. For example, the iQOO 12 from 2023 was slated to get the OriginOS 6 update in mid-November. And it did in fact arrive then, but it wasn't the stable build - instead, it was... Read more âș
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After the few Black Friday-themed weeks of feverish discounts on everything, discounts have slowed down a bit. Still, there are some deals to be had, and we've rounded up a few from Amazon Germany for you guys and gals! Google has traditionally kept its Pixel series at a good price compared to its rivals, and now is no different. You can snag a member of the Pixel 10 series for... Read more âș
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The Samsung Galaxy S26 series is expected to feature built-in magnets for Qi2 support, instead of just relying on magnetic cases like the S25 series. Thatâs the latest unofficial information, anyway. The new phones will still need magnetic cases, though. Samsung will sell a number of first-party magnetic cases, most of which are available for all models, according to WinFuture. However, at least one case (the carbon one) will not... Read more âș
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